• Necessity of aligning to a unique understanding of what Corporate Social Responsibility means.
• Bringing together the four major social actors: the private sector, the public sector, mass media and the civil sector- in order to streamline a strategic approach to CSR that will become a powerful driver for their return on investment.
• Approaching the concept of CSR in an integrated manner, reaching all of its six fundamental elements: business conduct, occupational health and safety, employee relationship, client and supplier relationship, monitoring and reporting systems, community involvement.
• Necessity of creating a platform for the multi-stakeholder dialogue: The planned conference was supposed to further this dialogue. To this end, scientists, practitioners, politicians as well as representatives of government and non-government organizations (NGO) should be brought together and given the opportunity for discussion.
• Topicality and the importance of the topic Corporate Social Responsibility itself in science and practice: The numerous articles in recent years, the growing number of sustainability and environmental reports published by corporations as well as the efforts undertaken by various national governments and the European Commission underlined the importance of the topic.

The 1st International CSR conference at Bucharest , CSR06 "Investing in the future" finally took place on November 8 and 9, 2006. The conference took place under the high auspices of WBCSD and The Global Compact, two of the most prestigious global organizations that promote corporate social responsibility. With its almost 150 participants from science, corporations, government and non-government organizations, it was the biggest conference on this topic in Romania, and Eastern Europe, so far.

• more than 150 participants from the four main social sectors: public, private, non-governmental and mass media;
• 15 international speakers with high CSR expertise and experts from international organizations, multinationals, NGOs, and SMEs. To read their comment and opinions on CSR'06 please press here.
• an integrated approach throughout 12 workshops analyzing business conduct, employee relations, occupational health and safety, monitoring systems, and community involvement.
• CSR'06 bookstore, where the conference participants had the opportunity to order and buy a selection of international best sellers dealing with CSR.
• CSR'06 NGO Fair Dialogue aims to serve as a platform for dialogue, with two objectives
• CSR'06 Whitepaper. The conclusions and solutions identified throughout the conference have been recorded in a document used in lobby campaigns to start a national CSR strategy, being the first initiative of this type in Romania. The participants conclusions were built around the necessity of information, action and support in CSR, rallying to the European up trend regarding political recognition and creation of European Alliance for CSR.

The dynamic conference atmosphere engaged all the participants in a fruitful dialogue and as well initiating the further co-operation of the four social sectors (CSR '06 pictures).

For more information about CSR'06 please visit www.csr06.ro